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Example sentences for: charisma
How can you use “charisma” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Bill Bradley doesn't have to win you over with his charisma.
I realize that, of all the grand effects that music can produce, charisma is one of the cheapest--which is to say, the easiest to fake, if your standards are not too high.
These films claimed to warn America about its urban ills, but what Cagney's first breakout hit, The Public Enemy (1931), conveyed was the charisma of the amoral hood.
Calling such public figures charismatic devalues the word and strips it of meaning (meaninglessness certainly triumphs when writers see charisma in humor or music).
Even though the word's sociological meaning has changed ( charisma is “the capacity to inspire devotion and enthusiasm,” according to the latest OED ), someone like Henry Kissinger cannot merit the label.
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